SB2024101737 - Resource exhaustion in lestrrat-go/jwx



SB2024101737 - Resource exhaustion in lestrrat-go/jwx

Published: October 17, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024101737
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28122)

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote privileged user with trusted public key can cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.